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One of the richest and most prestigious [[Footy Leagues]] and sports events in the world! But first, a history lesson.
 
By the end of the 80s English football was in a bit of a state. [[Football Hooligans|Hooliganism]] was rife both at home and abroad - the French called it ''le malaise Anglais'', the English Disease. Liverpool fans had been blamed for the [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Heysel_disaster:Heysel disaster|Heysel Stadium Disaster]] in 1985 and English clubs had been banned from all European competition. Tall fences were installed to stop hooligans from invading the pitch, but this practice was stopped after the [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster:Hillsborough disaster|Hillsborough Disaster]] in 1989, when 96 people (most of them Liverpool fans) were crushed to death. The best English players began moving abroad, mostly to Italy or Spain, which were seen as having the best leagues at the time, revenues and attendance were plummeting and many of the stadia were crumbling and in need of some TLC.
 
There was some light in the gloom, though. England's national team made the top four in the 1990 [[The World Cup|World Cup]], the same year in which the post-Heysel ban on English clubs in Europe was lifted. Manchester United promptly won the now-defunct [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|European Cup-Winners' Cup]] in 1991. After the Hillsborough Disaster, Lord Taylor produced a report which forced all top-level clubs to make their stadia safer, more pleasant places to watch a game (done by removing any lawn seating entirely and having all seating be in chairs) and to take measures to clamp down on hooliganism. Slowly, attendances started to rise as parents began taking their children again, and "normal" non-violent fans were no longer put off.
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